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PAUL BARRE
B. Apr. 4, 1698, in Canada, son of JACQUES BARRE and MARIE ELIZABETH
JETTE BARRE, of Montreal, Canada
M. MARIE JEANNE GIRARDY, daughter of JOSEPH GIRARDY and MARIE
JEANNE HENRY GIRARDY
D. 1761
C. Five
I. Marie Jeanne Barre
B. Baptised Sept 11, 1728
M. Nov. 30, 1744, Paul Malet, from Illinois area
II. Eugene Barre
M. MARIE JOSEPHE D'AIGLE ROMAN, widow of JACQUES ROMAN,
daughter of ETIENNE D'AIGLE & SUZANNE D'ESPERON D'AIGLE
C. Two
A. Jean Baptiste Barre
B. Honore Barre
III. Cecilia Barre
M. July 27, 1754, Francois Roquigny
IV. MARIE LOUISE BARRE
B. 1741
M. 1) JACQUES PATIN I, born 1726, son of ANTOINE PATIN and
GASPARDE DE MONNET PATIN
[adjacent column]
2) In 1785, Laurent Bailly, died 1801, son of Joseph Bailly and
Barbe Hertillin Bailly
D. Jan. 10, 1795
C. Two known in first marriage
A. MARIE LOUISE PATIN
B. Oct 12, 1762, in Pointe Coupee
M. JACQUES ETIENNE ROMAN, born Oct. 18, 1748, son of
JACQUES ROMAN and MARIE JOSEPHE D'AIGLE ROMAN
D. Oct 14, 1830, in New Orleans
C. Ten, listed in Chapter 15
B. Jacques Alexandre Patin
M. Feb. 9, 1793, Celeste Allain, daughter of Francois Allain
and Marie Francoise Ricard Allain
V. Charles Alexandre Barre
B. 1746
M. Apr. 9, 1771, Magdeleine de Cuir, daughter of Jean Pierre de Cuir
and Genevieve Mayheur de Cuir
D. July 14, 1829
C. One recorded
A. Marie Louise Barre
B. March 29, 1773
Chapter 15 C
The Girardy Family - The Henry Family
The parents of Marie Jeanne Girardy who married
Paul Barre were Joseph Girardy and Marie Jeanne
Henry. The name Girardy is found spelled Girard, Gi-
rardet, Girardeau, but we are not sure of the origin of
the family. In his memoirs written about 1752, Jean
Francois Durucant, in Quarterly, Vol. 19, says: "Going
to an assignment to the Yazoo Post in November of
1721, by way of Lake Pontchartrain, we rowed up a
river for two leagues. Here was a landing with a few
warehouses. There were only three settlers at this
place. One on the right bank of the Bayou going up was
a Canadian, named Joseph Girardy, his wife and his
children, and a few Indian slaves. On the left bank was
Sieur La Vigne and his family. He has a good planta-
tion. The third was Sieur Dugue, a bachelor. One hun-
dred steps farther are several warehouses for the
merchandises sent from New Biloxi in this new settle-
ment which they intended to start one league from
Bayou St. John, near the St. Louis River ... We left the
little village of New Orleans where there were only
four or five scattered houses belonging to a few set-
tlers." This account gives some idea of the primitive
life of our early forebears.
We know only through this that Joseph Girardy was
a Canadian," and if he was, his name was probably
Giradeau. There are several references on the Henry
family into which he married. They owned a plantation
on Bayou St. John near New Orleans for many years.
Later they moved to Pointe Coupée. It is thought that
Marie Jeanne Henry, Joseph Girardy's wife, was the
sister of Nicolas Henry II, who served for years on the
Superior Council as Royal Notary. She was the daugh-
ter of Nicolas Henry I and Elizabeth Thomas Henry.
Nicolas Henry and his wife had six children, the
third, Marie Jeanne, being our ancestress.
We find a record that on April 13, 1728, Sieur
Chanfret, Director of the DuBuisson Concession,
[second column of the text]
granted his power of attorney to Sieur Nicolas Henry.
This would indicate that Sieur Henry was connected with
the Paris-DuVernay-DuBuisson grant, as were Jacques
Roman and Antoine Patin I. It is not surprising that
these families intermarried, since they all lived in the
same general area, and were interested in the same
enterprises. It is quite possible that they were friends
or relatives prior to the settlement of this Concession.
On June 10, 1729, Nicolas Henry I died. His widow,
Elizabeth Thomas Henry was appointed guardian of
their minor daughters, Marie Catherine and Marie
Louise Henry.
We believe that Nicolas Henry was Canadian, and
that he was married and had a family before he came
to Louisiana. We have the dates of birth of only two of
his six children, Marie Francoise, born in 1723, and
Francois, born in 1725. His daughter, Marie Jeanne,
married Joseph Girardy.
NICOLAS HENRY
B. In Canada
M. ELIZABETH THOMAS
D. June 10, 1929 [1729]
C. Six
I. Nicolas Henry II
M. Jeanne Poussin
D. Mar. 28, 1753
II. Marie Francoise Henry
B. 1723
M. Jacques Michel Du Fresne, officer of militia at Kaskaskia
C. Three
A. Marie Michelle Du Fresne
M. Apr. 11, 1763, Philippe Francois, Chevalier de Rocheblave
B. Marie Louise Du Fresne
M. Jan. 7, 1748, Joseph Buchet, principal writer for the Crown,
widower of Marie Francoise Petier
C. Marie Francoise Du Fresne
M. Feb. 2, 1751, Prisque Le Page

PAUL BARRE
B. Apr. 4, 1698, in Canada, son of JACQUES BARRE and MARIE ELIZABETH
JETTE BARRE, of Montreal, Canada
M. MARIE JEANNE GIRARDY, daughter of JOSEPH GIRARDY and MARIE
JEANNE HENRY GIRARDY
D. 1761
C. Five
I. Marie Jeanne Barre
B. Baptised Sept 11, 1728
M. Nov. 30, 1744, Paul Malet, from Illinois area
II. Eugene Barre
M. MARIE JOSEPHE D'AIGLE ROMAN, widow of JACQUES ROMAN,
daughter of ETIENNE D'AIGLE & SUZANNE D'ESPERON D'AIGLE
C. Two
A. Jean Baptiste Barre
B. Honore Barre
III. Cecilia Barre
M. July 27, 1754, Francois Roquigny
IV. MARIE LOUISE BARRE
B. 1741
M. 1) JACQUES PATIN I, born 1726, son of ANTOINE PATIN and
GASPARDE DE MONNET PATIN
[adjacent column]
2) In 1785, Laurent Bailly, died 1801, son of Joseph Bailly and
Barbe Hertillin Bailly
D. Jan. 10, 1795
C. Two known in first marriage
A. MARIE LOUISE PATIN
B. Oct 12, 1762, in Pointe Coupee
M. JACQUES ETIENNE ROMAN, born Oct. 18, 1748, son of
JACQUES ROMAN and MARIE JOSEPHE D'AIGLE ROMAN
D. Oct 14, 1830, in New Orleans
C. Ten, listed in Chapter 15
B. Jacques Alexandre Patin
M. Feb. 9, 1793, Celeste Allain, daughter of Francois Allain
and Marie Francoise Ricard Allain
V. Charles Alexandre Barre
B. 1746
M. Apr. 9, 1771, Magdeleine de Cuir, daughter of Jean Pierre de Cuir
and Genevieve Mayheur de Cuir
D. July 14, 1829
C. One recorded
A. Marie Louise Barre
B. March 29, 1773
Chapter 15 C
The Girardy Family - The Henry Family
The parents of Marie Jeanne Girardy who married
Paul Barre were Joseph Girardy and Marie Jeanne
Henry. The name Girardy is found spelled Girard, Gi-
rardet, Girardeau, but we are not sure of the origin of
the family. In his memoirs written about 1752, Jean
Francois Durucant, in Quarterly, Vol. 19, says: "Going
to an assignment to the Yazoo Post in November of
1721, by way of Lake Pontchartrain, we rowed up a
river for two leagues. Here was a landing with a few
warehouses. There were only three settlers at this
place. One on the right bank of the Bayou going up was
a Canadian, named Joseph Girardy, his wife and his
children, and a few Indian slaves. On the left bank was
Sieur La Vigne and his family. He has a good planta-
tion. The third was Sieur Dugue, a bachelor. One hun-
dred steps farther are several warehouses for the
merchandises sent from New Biloxi in this new settle-
ment which they intended to start one league from
Bayou St. John, near the St. Louis River ... We left the
little village of New Orleans where there were only
four or five scattered houses belonging to a few set-
tlers." This account gives some idea of the primitive
life of our early forebears.
We know only through this that Joseph Girardy was
a Canadian," and if he was, his name was probably
Giradeau. There are several references on the Henry
family into which he married. They owned a plantation
on Bayou St. John near New Orleans for many years.
Later they moved to Pointe Coupée. It is thought that
Marie Jeanne Henry, Joseph Girardy's wife, was the
sister of Nicolas Henry II, who served for years on the
Superior Council as Royal Notary. She was the daugh-
ter of Nicolas Henry I and Elizabeth Thomas Henry.
Nicolas Henry and his wife had six children, the
third, Marie Jeanne, being our ancestress.
We find a record that on April 13, 1728, Sieur
Chanfret, Director of the DuBuisson Concession,
[second column of the text]
granted his power of attorney to Sieur Nicolas Henry.
This would indicate that Sieur Henry was connected with
the Paris-DuVernay-DuBuisson grant, as were Jacques
Roman and Antoine Patin I. It is not surprising that
these families intermarried, since they all lived in the
same general area, and were interested in the same
enterprises. It is quite possible that they were friends
or relatives prior to the settlement of this Concession.
On June 10, 1729, Nicolas Henry I died. His widow,
Elizabeth Thomas Henry was appointed guardian of
their minor daughters, Marie Catherine and Marie
Louise Henry.
We believe that Nicolas Henry was Canadian, and
that he was married and had a family before he came
to Louisiana. We have the dates of birth of only two of
his six children, Marie Francoise, born in 1723, and
Francois, born in 1725. His daughter, Marie Jeanne,
married Joseph Girardy.
NICOLAS HENRY
B. In Canada
M. ELIZABETH THOMAS
D. June 10, 1929 [1729]
C. Six
I. Nicolas Henry II
M. Jeanne Poussin
D. Mar. 28, 1753
II. Marie Francoise Henry
B. 1723
M. Jacques Michel Du Fresne, officer of militia at Kaskaskia
C. Three
A. Marie Michelle Du Fresne
M. Apr. 11, 1763, Philippe Francois, Chevalier de Rocheblave
B. Marie Louise Du Fresne
M. Jan. 7, 1748, Joseph Buchet, principal writer for the Crown,
widower of Marie Francoise Petier
C. Marie Francoise Du Fresne
M. Feb. 2, 1751, Prisque Le Page